Sahara marathon [videorecording] / a production of Irusion-Moriarti Produkzioak in association with EiTB and YLE Teema ; with additional material provide by Thirteen/WNET New York ; written and directed by Jon Garano and Aitor Arregi.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: 36339 | Films for the Humanities & SciencesPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2006.Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4Other title:
  • Title on disc and container: Sahara marathon : the Sahrawi's race for sovereignty
Uniform titles:
  • Wide angle (Television program)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DT346.S7 S24 2006
Narrator, Jay O. Sanders; host, Mishal Husain.Summary: The story of a unique marathon that is staged annually in one of the world's most punishing deserts in the hope of drawing attention to the plight of the Sahrawi people. Torn by years of bitter guerilla warfare fought against Morocco's annexation of Western Sahara in 1976, the Sahrawi are still waiting for the referendum on sovereignty promised in a UN-brokered cease-fire over a decade ago. In addition, host Mishal Husain discusses the conflict with former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker.
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Originally aired as in 2004 as an episode of the television program Wide angle.

Narrator, Jay O. Sanders; host, Mishal Husain.

The story of a unique marathon that is staged annually in one of the world's most punishing deserts in the hope of drawing attention to the plight of the Sahrawi people. Torn by years of bitter guerilla warfare fought against Morocco's annexation of Western Sahara in 1976, the Sahrawi are still waiting for the referendum on sovereignty promised in a UN-brokered cease-fire over a decade ago. In addition, host Mishal Husain discusses the conflict with former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker.

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